PROMOTE CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1) Know and understand young children’s characteristics and needs.

a) Summarize principles of growth and development

b) Describe how brain research impacts current knowledge of growth and development.

c) Compare and contrast the differences between various theories of development.

d) Discuss the developmental stages in the physical, cognitive, language and social/emotional domains for children birth through adolescence and recognize signs of developmental delays.

2) Know and understand the multiple influences on development and learning.

a) Discuss how specific factors/processes (heredity, environment including culture and society) may affect individuals in one or more developmental domains.

b) Discuss how brain research impacts practice.

3) Use developmental knowledge to create healthy, respectful, supportive and challenging learning environments.

a) Uses constructed knowledge of child development theories and principles in practical application.

BUILD FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS OBJECTIVES:

1) Know about and understand family and community characteristics.

2) Discuss how family and community impacts children’s growth and development.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

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Expected Student Behavior

Things to know and remember: ·

Your participation in class helps you learn more, and makes the class more interesting.

· Feel free to ask questions. I am here to help you. If you get off-course or severely behind, please contact the instructor to make a plan of action for saving the semester.

· Check out Students Rights and Responsibilities: Student Rights and Responsibilities

· Respect and honesty will guide this course.

· There is peer tutoring available to you at no cost. Let the instructor know if you need assistance.

· If for some reason you are unable to complete this course, be sure to notify the instructor and the Registrar’s office.

· Any student, who because of a disabling condition may require some special arrangement in order to meet course requirements, should contact disAbility services at 371-5436 as soon as possible.

***Make up exams are up to the instructor's discretion. Please make a strong effort to complete all exams by the deadline date and time. Late assignments will NOT be accepted. Time management is an important skill. Complete assignments early and late work will not be an issue. *** Please know that I am a reasonable person. I realize that life's circumstances are beyond our control sometimes, and I will listen to any concerns or issues you may have. Good communication between instructor and student is vital for your success.

Grading Criteria

GRADING CRITERIA:

Discussion Assignments= 100 points = 10% Students will post and respond weekly to the question of the week in the discussion areas within Modules found under the Lesson Tab. In addition, each student will respond to two other student’s response per two week. Please respond to different people each two week, so everyone will have someone respond to their response.

Abstracts= 100 points = 20% [2 abstracts per Unit: 2 x 5 = 10 Total]  Write 2 abstracts over topics from the 5 Units. Topic choice is up to the student and may come from any topic discussed in any of the Unit studies. More explanation on writing Abstracts is posted under Lessons (tab) in your online course.

Case Study= 100 points = 20% Instead of completing a case study of a child, you are to go to My Development Lab and then log into My Virtual Child. You are to "create" a child. This software program will take you from birth through age 18. There are decisions you will make for your child at each age. Periodically, there are questions to respond to. You need to answer these questions IN THE VIRTUAL CHILD.  The Virtual Child saves your answers so that I can go in and grade it.   I recommend that you answer them as you go through each part of development. After you have completed all of your decisions in My Virtual Child, you will see 100% completion. This is a large portion of your grade, so it is very important to complete the assignment with well thought out answers, answering ALL parts of the question.

Unit Exams= 500 points maximum (100 points each) = 30% There will be five unit exams covering the text material and weekly assignments on developmental stages. Exams will be comprehensive in nature possibly consisting of multiple choice, true false, matching, short answer, and/or essay questions. All exams will be administered on-line. The test is not timed. Please be sure you have prepared and have allowed yourself time and privacy when you start the test with a solid internet connection. You will be more successful with planning and preparation. Please know that your preparation for each exam will help you make the most of your time in the midst of the test.

Ethics Project= 100 points = 20% Read the What Every Teacher Should Know About Understanding Ethics in Early Care and complete for each assigned week/Module.

Attendance

This is an online course that the student needs to be logging in for updates regularly, AT LEAST 5-7 times a week.

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